Fishing-rod



(No Model.)

H. P. lvmlwhw.A

FISHINGb Ron. No. 472,766. Patented Apr. 12', 1892.

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UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY P. MORGAN, OF SOIITH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

FISHING-ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,766, dated April 12, 1892.

Application filed November 30, 1891. Seria-.l No. 413,547. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY P. MORGAN, vof South Norwalk,in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Fishing-Rods; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure l, a side view of the butt portion of the rod complete; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central section of the same, illustrating the mechanism; Fig. 3, a longitudinal central section of the tubular shaft removed, showing the gear and sprocket wheels for imparting longitudinal movement to the spool; Fig. 4, a transverse section cutting on line :r :c of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a transverse section cutting on line :c of Fig. 3, enlarged; and Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9, modilications.

This invention relates to an improvement in fishing-rods, it having for its vobject the combination of a reel made substantially as a permanent part of but within the rod 5 and it consists in the construction and arrangement of mechanism, as hereinafter described,

-and particularly recited in the claims.

In outline the rod is of the usual form. InV

the illustration only the'butt portion of the rod is shown. This portion of the rod consists of a tube B, which may be inclosed with wood or any suitable material, as shown, for

the convenience of handling or for the ap-4 pearance of the rod, and the tube is prefer ably inclosed by a sleeve A of wood or other suitable material, or the covering forthe tube :may be omitted. The tube is of substantially cylindrical shape, and longitudinally within the tube B a tubular shaft C is arranged, supported at the butt-end upon a gudgeon D, made stationary in that end of the rod, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, but yet so that the shaft may revolve freely upon this gudgeon as a bearing. At the other end the shaft C is su pported in a bearing E,`this end of the shaft being reduced so as to form a solid shaft, and it carries at that end a bevel-pinion F. The bearing E is in a frame-work arranged within the tube, as clearly seen in Fig. 2, and

through this frame-work in suitable bearings is a shaft G, which extends through the tube B on one side, and is there provided with a crank H by which the transverse shaft G may be rotated by the application of the hand upon the outside in a similar manner to imparting the revolution to an ordinary ishingreel spool. The transverse shaft G carries a bevel-pinion I, which works into the bevelpinion F on the end of the tubular shaft C, and so that revolution imparted to the transverse shaft G through the crank H will be in like mannerimparted to the longitudinal tubular shaft C.

Upon the tubularshaft C the spool J is arranged. This spool consists of a tubular body, its internal diameter corresponding to the external diameter of the tubularshaft C, and so as to freely slide longitudinally there- 7 on from the butt-end forward, as represented in broken lines, and return. At each end the spool is provided'with a head K, and so that the line may be wound upon the body of the spool between the heads. Inorder that the 7 spool may partake of the rotary movement of the shaft C, the shaft is constructed with a .longitudinal groove L on one side, (see Figs.

3 and 4,) and through that groove an arm M on the spool extends, this arm being made fast to the spool and works through the groove L, as seen in Fig. 4, and moves longitudinally therein with the spool, -and thus couples the spool and the shaft together, as by a spline and groove,` so that the rotative movement imparted to the shaft, as before described, the spool must necessarily revolve with it.

To impart the before-mentioned longitudinal movement to the spool J a stationary pin` ion N is formed on the gudgeon D at the buttend of the shaft, and at that end of the shaft a gear-wheel O is arranged upon a transverse axis Rand the teeth of the gear O mesh into the teeth of the stationary pinion N. Consequently as kthe shaft revolves the gear O, revolving with it and also adapted to revolve upon its own axis, will be caused to so revolve upon its own axis because ofits engagement with the stationary pinion N, and thus an independent revolution on its own axis will be imparted to the gear O asthe shaft revolves.

On the hub of the gear O is a sprocketwheel Q, and Within the shaft forward a corresponding sprocket-Wheel R is arranged, and

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under the revolution of the` gear O will be caused to travel one run of the chain forward and the other run of the chain rearward. At one end at a point T on the chain a rod U is hung. The rod extending forward Within the shaft is hungV by itsother'end; to the' arm M,

as at V. (See Fig. 2.) The rod U, being thus attached by one end to the endless chain', will travel with that chain and be forced forward on one run of the chain and returned on the'l other. Conseigtuentlyv as the rod is connected to the spool a corresponding forward movement will be imparted to the spool, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 2, and then the spoolwill. retu rntol its rear position.

At one poin tinproper relation to the spool an opening' is'v madefrorn` thev outside through into thetub'e'B and Within thelirnitsv of movementof therespective heads of the' spool. Throughfthisfopenin'g"the -line is passed and engagedWith.the*spool. Then by turnring the crank Hthespoolis caused to revolve,

and the line-willf becor'res'pondingly drawn into'therrodandl'woundbuponi the spool. The

spool advancesg as beiz'oreV described, as' the line is wound' from the forward headt'oward the rear head, and then the spool returns'for a second layenand-fso on", the spool' moving backward and forwafrdfuntil the entire or desired amount ofslineiswound 'onto thespool.

Itis desirable to'inakethe spool and shaft removable Tothis-"endthe shaft C is madet separable: froinritse-Xtrenie' forward or bearing portion. Thatv bearing-f portion is constructed vvithlahe'adlX,l corresponding to the internal diameter off thesliaft and so as to 'readily'coupler therewith,-and at itsfe'xtrenie rear end is-frnade' somewhat tapering, as shown, so thatj the tubular shaft when'inoved forward may readily pass onto-the said part X and couple therewith, sothat'the'shaftwill revolve7 @with the pinion F., as beforedescribed. At the rear en'dtheigudgeon'is formed asa part of a headiY,which/is removable frornvthe tube B, and thatk head Y beingv removed'the shaft B, withy the spool, maybe' Withdrawn. A removable cap Z'is appliedto the butt-end of the rod to inclosethe head 'Y andforxn'the usual finish for that .end of the rod.

It is desirable' th'atjthe'cr'ank Y may be sub'- stantially-reinoved, solasftoavoid the proj ectionof thehandleof ythe crankl when the rod is not in use. To 'this endithe crank is hinged,

preferably, lto `the transverse shaft G, as 'at a,

and sothat itrnay swing' thereon andl be turned forward, andhthe'tube is'constructed' twith'an opening:17,1through-whiehthe handle of the crank mayp'assfintothe tube, as represented in broken lines,-Fig. 2,-and so that the crank may be thusturned'out of the way and yeytlrernain'in convenient position for 'use when required.'- Another-adVant-age of this turning of the'crank" isthat-when lthe crank isxso turned forward the-rotation off the" transverse shaft Gisprevented, and the reelV is therefore locked against possible rotation under draft upon the line.

Instead of making the opening through into the tube for the handle of the crank to pass, Aas described, it may be made as seen in Fig. 6. In this case the crank d is made fast to -the shaft and the handle e is hinged to the end of the crank-arm, as at f, so that it may be turned into a longitudinal line with the crank d, as lrepresented in broken lines. The corresponding side of the tube may be recessed, as at g, to receive the handle, so that .it vmay liefl'ush with the'plane' of the crank itself. y

The line may be connected to the spool by withdrawing the spool, as before described,`

:then passing theline'th'r'o'ugh the opening W through the' rear end'off the tube, connect'i't "with the detached spool, then the's'pooland' ,shaft'replac'ed, and the'lin'e wound upon' the spool; but I prefertoconstruct' that portion ft of thesleeve A forward of the opening' W, detached' froni therear portion', a'n'd 'so thatfit` ``rnay'slide forward on' the tubeB, as indicated fin broken lines, Fig. 2,' and thereby-expose an opening@` through the tube, (indicated in' .'"Zbroken lines'g)l throu'ghwhich the' spool will l@be eX'posed,1an'd' so that the line` maybe' passed through the Opening, W andfth'en engaged A,with -th'e 'spoolfsoas'tovbe'wound thereon, as "before described', and t'h'enthesleeve returned' y"to close the opening, l p l g f While-preferring torotate' the shaft bythernechanisrn whichI' have "descrbe'CLit Will' be' "evident that'itntiay'be rotated by theappli "cation of alcranjkat' theAbutt-"end, asseen in Fig. 7, andit' Will'also be levident that Vthe lon# {gitudinal movementmay be otherwise ini'- fpfart'ed `to the spool-as, for illustration, the ltube B inaybe constructed'A with a' longitudinal slot-J0, as sjeen'f in Fig.' 8, anda slifdejZ ar- [OO l it@ the slidel tomoveiit willcorres'pondinglyj .'fniove the-spoolor the spool nia-y b'eopera'ted jwithout longitudinal InoveinentL-thatis, lon'- gitudinally' stationary-by constructing the 'jtube'witha longitudinalV slot f/n, (see'Fig'. 9,)' '.like-'theslot 7c' in the lastillustration', and running the' line, through thaty slot to the spool, as seen in1Fig29; In thiscase'th'eline lwill be guided byha'nd. v A

y It will be evident'that for tl1e`spr`ocket- 'wh'eelsl and 'endless chain any Vof the known `f'equivalentsf-avs a band and pulleys-may bev substituted 'therefor'. By'theterin sprocket'- wheel'and chain I 'Wishgto 'be distinctly un-` derstood as'enibodying allsubstantial equivalents therefor. `I clainip y ,A

l. A^ fishing-rod having` the butt-end niade tubular, a" tubular' shaft arranged therein, fmechanism, substantially such as described,l Afor iinparting'rotation to said shaft, combined with a sp'oolarranged on'said`shaft,'-b`ut free for longitudinal movement thereon,,apinionv stationary'wthin the'said tube, a gear arranged in said shaft upon an axis at right angles tothe axis of vsaid shaft and adapted to work into the said stationary pinion, whereby the rotation of the shaft will impart rotation to said gear, the said gear carrying asprocket-wheel within the said shaft, a corresponding sprocket-wheel arranged upon an axis within the said shaft forward of the sprocketwheel on the said gear, with an endless chain around said sprocketewheels, the said shaft constructed with a longitudinal slot forward of said sprocket-wheels, and a rod hung by one end to said chain and so as to travel therewith and the other end of the said rod hung to the said spool through said slot inthe shaft,

A substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

structed with an opening through its side independent of the 'line-opening and through which the said spool may be reached, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A iishing-rod having the butt portion made tubular,a longitudinal shaft arranged therein, mechanism, substantially such as described, to impart rotation yto said shaft, a spool arranged on said shaft, adapted to revolve therewith, but free for. longitudinal movement, an opening through which the line may pass to said spool, and the tube constructed with an opening through its side by which the said spool may be reached, With a slee-ve arranged to slide longitudinally upon said tube and over said opening, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof l have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY P. MORGAN.l Witnesses:

L. D. WILDMAN, J. E. SLATER. 

